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Topic: Servers
The Rise of Flash Storage
Disk storage has been spinning along happily since the 1950s. But it might be moving into its final decade before the flash memory usurper takes over...
5 Game Changers for the Modern Data Warehouse
The technological world is moving fast, and many IT departments are scrambling to keep up with it. At the heart of most IT operations is the data warehouse, and one of the chief responsibilities of managing it is to ensure the data warehouse is kept up to date, ready to handle any new demands that arise...
Sungard Availability Services, Leader in Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service
WAYNE, Pa., 4/28/15 - Sungard Availability Services, a leading provider of information availability through managed IT, cloud and recovery services, announced it has been recognized by by Gartner, Inc. as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Cisco Reinvents its Approach to Data with Tableau
Tableau Software, a global leader in easy-to-use business analytics software, today announced Cisco has deployed Tableau across multiple business divisions in EMEA, in order to drive efficiency and better inform every part of the business...
IBM Introduces New Generation of Cloud-Based Data Services to Help Organizations Know More, Faster
The new cloud-based services will enable organizations to simplify and automate the ability to find, refine and prepare data, to warehouse data in the cloud, making it instantly available for analytics, to curate unstructured data services to increase the confidence in analytics, to enhance mobile and web applications with embedded analytics... Read more
Alcatel-Lucent Doubles Capacity of Today's Data Transport Networks
Alcatel-Lucent announced that it is the first vendor to deliver a single-carrier 100 gigabit-per-second (100G)/200G DWDM optical line card giving service providers the ability to more than double the bandwidth capacity of their networks...
Carpathia and Digital Realty Partner to Offer Secure Cloud Operations and Custom Data Center Services
Carpathia, cloud operator and provider of compliant cloud services and managed hosting, and Digital Realty Trust, global provider of data center announced today a partnership to deliver secure world-class data center solutions, compliant cloud services, and managed hosting for enterprise and government clients... Read more
IBM Opens New Cloud Resiliency Center
IBM helps companies ensure that they are always connected and in-service: the new cloud resiliency center provides enhanced capabilities to protect customers from costly disruptions...
Nutanix Raises $140M for Its Server-Storage Infrastructure Technology
Nutanix's technology is a huge money-saver for businesses: its server-storage infrastructure helps companies consolidate hardware and software...
Geek Alert: The New High Performance System - Cray CS-Storm
Imagine a system with 22 x 2u servers in a 48u rack -all cranking on 176 NVIDIA Tesla K40 GPU chips providing an astonishing 250 Teraflops per rack. We’re talking scream machines and that’s what Cray is delivering in its latest high-performance system called the Cray CS-Storm.
The New VMware Public Cloud: New Competition for Amazon, Google and Microsoft
VMware announced a few new features for its public cloud services and is now entering competitive race with Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Among the new features, VMware presented the vCloud Air...
Docker sells its dotCloud cloud platform to focus on its app containers
Docker sells ist dotCloud PaaS to focus on its core buciness: Docker Containers and making a commercial version of it.
Rackspace extends support to more databases
Rackspace will provide support to an extend array of database variants, such as MariaDB and Percona Server, hoping that this will help performance and scalability.
5 Key Considerations to Choose a Web Hosting Company
Web hosting is often overlooked. When spending thousands on product or website development, make sure you invest in a hosting that can support your investment.
Keep your datacenter secure by staying ahead of the threats
Datacenter security is best served by making sure a major rip and replace upgrade is never required. Hence, the incremental approach might be more efficie
Who will build the next generation of physical cloud infrastructure?
IBM, HP, AT&T and other big computer and hardware manufacturers are leaving their traditional markets to reposition themselves as cloud providers. But someone will still have to build servers and computers...
Intel makes Xeon chips more customizable to satisfy cloud providers & telcos
Intel wants to make its products more customizable to address the demand of major cloud and telecommunications service providers...
Arista Networks Shares Gain 28% As It Raises $226M In IPO
Contrary to Box who its IPO, Arista made its debut today on the NYSE, with an amazing jump of 28%... Read more
Google data centers get smarter all on their own — no humans required
Google has applied its neural networks to the challenge of making its vast data centers run as efficiently as possible, preventing the unnecessary consumption of energy and thus saving money.
Applied Micro, Canonical claim the first ARM 64-bit server production software deployment
For a few years now, AMD has been saying that 64-bit ARM chips — yes those processors you usually think of as powering your smartphone or tablet — are going to play not just a big role on servers, but on data centers and the cloud as well.